CLINICAL & DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES

The Department’s Microbiology & Immunology Diagnostic Laboratory, which is based in SQUH, continued to expand and offer diagnostic services primarily to SQUH, and other governmental and private hospitals. The expansion in the diagnostic services provided by the laboratory paralleled with the patient intake and outpatient activity of SQUH. New tests have always been introduced to improve patient services.   

External Quality Assurance
The Department continued to participate in the Royal College of Pathology of Australia External Quality Assurance Programme. The Microbiology & Immunology Diagnostic Laboratory scored excellent in these international external quality assurance activities.